This is me >> protectionist) playing the tune Rights of Man. Key of G on the mandolin. I botched it just a bit at the end, but it's 99% OK. Hope you like it.

Here's a little historical background on the tune. It is a baroque tune from the time of William III & Mary II, in England (1689 AD). At the dual coronation of the English King and Queen, the English parliament drew up the Declaration of the Rights of Man (the English Bill of Rights), and the forerunner of our US Constitution. It's generally considered an Irish tune, but is really English in origin, probably composed by an Irish mandolinist or fiddler, whose name will never be known, but (just like classical music), the tune lives on, with those of us who love it, and play it, and respect its massive historical significance.

When I was playing I liked to run Gounoud's Funeral March of a Marionette to stretch the left hand beyond the first position -- sounds pretty good on the instrument ...

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Nothing against any of the music you post, but I'd appreciate if you would not post too much video in this thread. I'm trying to keep it as primarily one of MY music, without that getting lost in a mileu of other stuff. Other posters can do the same in threads of theirs too, in fact I'd like to see more of these type of threads, from other posters, without the musical identities getting lost in the shuffle.

When I was playing I liked to run Gounoud's Funeral March of a Marionette to stretch the left hand beyond the first position -- sounds pretty good on the instrument ...

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Nothing against any of the music you post, but I'd appreciate if you would not post too much video in this thread. I'm trying to keep it as primarily one of MY music, without that getting lost in a mileu of other stuff. Other posters can do the same in threads of theirs too, in fact I'd like to see more of these type of threads, from other posters, without the musical identities getting lost in the shuffle.

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